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My load data from records over the years show the following powders I've used and still use today for 12 ga; Red Dot, Green Dot, Clays, Univ. Clays, Int. Clays, HS6, HS7, Blue Dot, Longshot, Titewad, Unique, W571. I'll load payloads from 7/8 oz. in 2 1/2" shells to 2oz. for 3" shells for the 12 ga. Many of the powders I've listed and used will also work well for pistol. I try to use only hulls with genuine brass bases, as steel is tougher on the reloader. I've managed to hoard many hulls over the years. A good premium hull will give you plenty of reloads before the petals fail and crimps become spotty. Primers will be dictated by the specific powder, hull and wad combination. There are scores of them. You can get by and load a lot of combinations with just Federal, Remington and Winchester primers. A good read on hulls: https://www.ballisticproducts.com/bpi/articleindex/articles/curmudgeon_articles/060124_hulls_in_general.htm

Citori, or any older Miroku-import from Charles Daly from the 60's - 70's, w/ fixed chokes if you can tolerate them, or an older Beretta like a Silver Snipe or the early BL-series, or an SKB would be some good, sound examples to look for. You can probably find some in your price range too. If you are hunting over a pointing dog, you can get by with a 20 ga. for pheasant and this will keep the weight to 6 lbs. or a tad heavier. Perfect for carrying and walking all day. An "older" O/U example: http://www.dogsanddoubles.com/2014/07/good-gun-alert-a-20-gauge-beretta-bl-4-over-under/

Some of the big gunmakers lost their sense of direction a long time ago. I stopped looking at S&W's when they opted to put that silly safety on their revolver. Blasphemy!

PS - You can pheasant hunt in New York on Sunday's. Lucked into this one wandering out in the open yesterday. But it wasn't much fun without the dog.

Update on event: http://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2015/12/boonton_boy_scout_leader_fought_off_bear_attack_wi.html#incart_river_index

Griffin & Howe have a few listed on their website in the new gun section. Give them a call.

Excellent! Experiencing hunting over a good bird dog is the high point when it comes to upland hunting. A good dog will find any bird if its wounded and your role as a sportsman is fulfilled. Pheasant are notorious runners, not flyers, and if winged can travel great distances afoot. I gave the infamous "double-salute" on a bird after a nice point on a field edge years ago and watched the bird sail above the treetops of a swamp for about a hundred yards to drop into the thick stuff. After hunting birds for years, you know the times they are hit but it's not lethal and a big bird like a pheasant can fly a long distance when injured. The dog marked him and went into the cover, to emerge ten minutes later with the bird flapping in his mouth. With a good dog, you'll never go hungry when hunting wild game.

New Jersey has yet to get with the times...........no Sunday gun hunting except on licensed preserves as TBill says. Bow hunting for deer in certain areas has been allowed recently. We're making some progress. New Jersey is stocking an additional 3,000 pheasants on WMA's before the end of the year. The 3,000 birds will be distributed statewide during for three of the remaining days of the current stocking season: Dec. 19 - additional 500 pheasants Dec. 22 - additional 1,370 pheasants Dec. 29 - additional 1,130 pheasants Pheasant Stocking Maps: http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pheasmaps.htm Stocking concludes with birds for Dec. 31. PS - Join the movement: https://www.facebook.com/NewJerseySundayHunting/

Nice !

Looking forward to the "after" pics and the work done.

Pull the buttstock and see what you can find. This may help a bit: http://utting.org/site/inside-your-miroku-m500-shotgun/ B&G Gunsmiths, Lake Havasu, AZ or Wisner's is a potential source for Miroku parts.

The Remington 3200 was a good gun, but maligned with a few problems that the company acknowledged and redesigned for and/or fixed over the years of production. The rear tang was weak, the forend would bend, the firing pins would get stuck in the breech face. (These were on guns that saw a lot of use on the trap and skeet fields which is what the gun was designed for. It was a bit ponderous for an upland field gun though unless you sported 19" arms.) Remington never really managed a real hit with an over & under and the 3200 never really won hearts like the Model 32. DuPont sold Remington's Model 32 patent to a company called Kreighoff, and the legendary K32 was born. http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php/topic/33596-looking-for-a-remington-12-gauge-over-and-under/

I think the NRA should pick a new figurehead. I've always been of the opinion for years that LaPierre should move one for someone a little more dynamic and engaging. http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/12/foghorn/wayne-lapierre-has-to-go/

Tough for things to change when voter apathy is at an all-time low in New Jersey: http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/new-jersey/2015/12/8584363/voter-turnout-record-low-22-percent

Christie likes the "outdoorsmen" of this state. The only group that has attracted his attention that he has met with for political reasons is the NJOA. (He has shunned any sort of interaction with the NJ2AS.) https://www.flickr.com/photos/webmavennj/4053626622/in/photostream/

These loads are my favorite out of a NM M1A barrel. Mild loads but each will deliver sub-MOA groups for me. 41.5 grs. H4895 168 gr. HPBT 43 grs. IMR4064 150 gr. FMJBT 41.5 grs. IMR4064 125 GR. Speer TNT JHP

I've had good results with old standbys like H4895 & IMR4064. You'll just have to try bunch and see.

"4) How much extra does it cost? Mossberg also answered this question, indicating that the technology would add maybe $1000.00 to the cost of the gun." Adding another $1,000 to the cost of a $300 gun is almost sinister.

Congrats!

He is. PS - They're building them, and they will come...................... https://smarttechfoundation.org/smart-firearms-technology/jonathan-mossberg/

Agree. Add Suzanne Bardzell's recent tragedy to the list along with Carol Bowne. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/10/22/midland-park-stabbing/

I agree. The thought of "who is next" in the wings after Christie leaves office goes from bad to worse. I noticed this article in The Record today. http://www.northjersey.com/news/stile-making-plans-for-new-jersey-after-chris-christie-1.1460300

"Diagram a sentence?" I haven't heard anyone doing that since school in the 60's.

I've seen one fail at about 15K rounds.

Invest in a spare trigger bar spring. It's usually the first thing to break on the VP9.